NEW GALLERY SPACES OPENING IN 2016

In December 2016, our fourth floor will be transformed into a new destination for historical education and innovation. During the current renovation, objects from our permanent collection are on view throughout the Museum.

Museum Collection Highlights

Batter pitcher

Date:

1798

Object Number:

1937.587

Medium:

Stoneware, cobalt oxide

Related People:

Artist/Maker:Clarkson Crolius, Sr.

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Library Collection Highlights

Books and Manuscripts

The Manuscript collections contain over 2 million items of archival material including family papers and organizational and business records that document the lives of important New Yorkers and Americans as well as average citizens.The bulk of the manuscript collections are from the 18th and 19th centuries, but we also have important materials from the 17th century and a growing number of 20th and 21st century collections.